The Minerals Office offers information and assistance to mining companies planning to operate in Greenland on all logistical, geological and community related matters. The office has access to geological data from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and has an extensive geological library of its own.
The Minerals Office is involved in various research projects, such as oil-geological surveys and electromagnetic and magnetic surveys of selected areas of Greenland.
The Minerals Office promotes educational programs, such as prospecting and drilling courses, which are aimed at making trained personnel available for the mining industry.
The Minerals Office carries out a public minerals hunting program, Ujarassiorit, in which people from all over the country send in approx. 1,000 rock samples each year. The results of this program are published as annual open file reports, including geochemical analyses.
Download the Annual Report 1995 as a document file
(47 Kb./ format: Write for Windows 3.x)
The report is also available from the Minerals Office as a hard copy with illustrations and tables.
Please contact the Minerals Office to receive any further information.
P.O. Box 1015 DK-3900 Nuuk Greenland | Tel: +299 2 30 00 Fax: +299 2 43 02 minerals.office@greennet.gl |
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Information material avaible from the Minerals Office
Public minerals hunt 1996 data release
Greenland Guide Index